All training happens in your aircraft. I work with aircraft owners who want personalized instruction without the flight school overhead. Training is structured, standards based, and tailored to your aircraft and mission.

Training Services

Advanced ratings and recurrent training for aircraft owners.

Instrument Rating

If you're ready to fly IFR, train in the plane you'll actually use with your avionics, your autopilot, and your environment. You'll get real world IMC experience, not just hood time in a trainer.

  • Your aircraft and panel
  • Actual IMC when conditions allow
  • ACS aligned curriculum
  • Scenario based training

Commercial Pilot Certificate

Develop the skills and aeronautical decision-making expected of a commercial pilot. You'll learn to fly maneuvers to tight tolerances with consistent, professional operations throughout.

  • Precision maneuvers to ACS standards
  • Energy management
  • Complex/high-performance endorsements
  • Checkride preparation

CFI / CFII Certificates

If you're a commercial pilot ready to teach, you'll learn to instruct effectively. That means not just flying well, but communicating, demonstrating, and evaluating. This program prepares you for both ground and flight instructor certificates.

  • Fundamentals of Instruction
  • Lesson planning and delivery
  • Demonstration and explanation skills
  • Mock checkride preparation

Flight Reviews

A flight review done properly is not a rubber stamp. You'll get a thorough review to ACS standards with honest feedback, including ground review of regulations, airspace, and systems, plus a flight evaluation of your actual flying skills.

  • Comprehensive ground review
  • Flight evaluation to ACS standards
  • Honest assessment and feedback
  • Personalized improvement plan

Instrument Proficiency Checks

If your six-month currency has lapsed or you just want to verify your IFR skills are sharp, you'll get a thorough IPC in your aircraft with real approaches and procedures.

  • Currency restoration
  • Skills validation
  • Approaches in your aircraft
  • Holds, failures, partial panel

Custom Programs

If you have unique goals or a specific aircraft, we can design training around your needs, whether it's avionics integration, mountain flying preparation, or a tailored proficiency program.

  • Avionics specific training
  • Mission based programs
  • Tailored proficiency plans
  • Owner specific goals
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Why Train in Your Aircraft?

Flight school trainers are fine for initial training, but advanced ratings and recurrent work are more effective in the aircraft you fly every day.

  • Your Panel: Learn IFR procedures on your avionics — Garmin, Avidyne, or steam gauges.
  • Your Systems: Understand your autopilot, fuel system, and electrical architecture.
  • Your Environment: Train from your home airport with approaches and procedures you'll actually use.
  • No Transition: No gap between training and real flying - skills transfer immediately.

Train in Your Aircraft

Ready to get started? Tell me about your background and goals.